It's been a long time comin’ - Eönian Records to release bay area rockers Murder Bay & Rattleshake

They say that if you can remember the ‘80’s, you probably weren’t there, and that adage certainly applies to the excessive nature of the hair-metal era.  Hailing from San Francisco, Murder Bay and Rattleshake were two one of the top unsigned rock bands of the late 80’s and early 90’s, packing grooves, killer hooks, ass-kicking vocals and screaming guitar work culminating into a high-energy live show, both bands wasted no time in developing a large fan base.

In 1990, Murder Bay took that live energy into the studio with a young Eric Valentine (Queens of the Stone Age, Good Charlotte, Third Eye Blind, All-American Rejects, Slash, and more) to lay down tracks for six songs.  The results came in as expected; big songs, big sound, and big sales.  The press took notice.  Along with, a now rabid fan base, Murder Bay received numerous accolades such as BAM Magazine’s #1 rock band of 1990, Metal Edge’s “Band on the Rise”, and Music Connection's “Top 100 Unsigned Acts”.

The Murder Bay release will feature each of the original six songs from the Valentine sessions, digitally re-mastered and sounding better than ever, as well as seven unreleased, later tracks recorded by Rob Beaton (Guns n’ Roses, The Sea Hags, Sammy Hagar, Santana, and more).

The nucleus of the Rattleshake formed in the late ‘80’s when bassist Bryan Lujan and guitarists Ralph Longo and Mark Freseman played together in a popular San Francisco Bay Area band called Mad Anthony.  Rattleshake unleashed their inaugural display of hard rock fury on February 3, 1990 at the Niles Station in Fremont, California.  Proof of the band’s prowess was provided by the packed house which resulted in the arrival of the Fire Marshall who threatened to shut the place down.  The max-capacity crowd created an electric atmosphere custom-made for tearing it up and that’s exactly what Rattleshake did.  The visceral thrill the band experienced every time they played in front of a mob of metal-heads was a crack-like addiction and soon they had blazed through every club in the Bay Area playing alongside major-leaguers such as Winger, Tesla, Cry Wolf, Babylon A.D., and Warrant.

Rattleshake likewise recorded with Rob Beaton (Guns n' Roses, The Sea Hags, Sammy Hagar, Santana, and more).

Like many of the great unsigned bands of that time, Murder Bay and Rattleshake were not able to be enjoyed by the masses.  That is, until now! 

Both titles will be available at only the very best retailers worldwide Tuesday, April 10th, 2012.

It's been a long time comin’!

TNA "Self-Titled"

TNA— we all know what the acronym stands for.  Southern sleaze-metal mavericks from Memphis, Tennessee, started out as a cover band, but soon turned their collective attention to writing originals, influenced by everyone from Kiss and Aerosmith to Judas Priest and Iron Maiden.  TNA focused on delivering heavy hitting riffs that got straight to the point like a sniper’s bullet.  No time for bullshit, no time for fluff.  TNA wanted to rock, they wanted to groove; they wanted to prove they weren’t posers, so they tore into every dirty dive and club throughout the continental United States with relentless energy, fine-tuning their chops until they were, in the colorful words of bassist Michael Gumm, “so tight you couldn’t drive a toothpick up our ass with a twenty pound sledgehammer.”  TNA features Guitarist Wayne Swinny for major label act SALIVA and was recorded, mixed, and produced at the legendary Ardent Studios which has recorded the likes of Led Zeppelin, ZZ Top, George Thorogood, The Allman Brothers, Bob Dylan, Stevie Ray Vaughan, among many others.

Visit TNA's page and give a listen to their album in the Rockshop.

SANDRA DEE "Visions of Pain"

The saying goes, what’s in a name?  Well, when that name is Sandra Dee, what’s in it is some cranking hard rock and street-mean metal that will slam your ears, kick your ass, and leave you begging for more.  Chicago’s Sandra Dee, forced to make a split second decision on a band name, randomly plucked a snippet from Motley Crue's “Come on and Dance” and said, “What the hell, that’s our name!”  As far as these rockers were concerned, what mattered most was the music.  They cohesively subscribed to the philosophy that it’s better to be a great band with an average name than an average band with a great name.  The band hails the “Pain Sessions” as their favorite studio recordings, which feature enormous, thick, dark, and heavy guitars, with massive melodic hooks.

Read more about Sandra Dee and check-out Visions of Pain in the Rockshop.